From a training camp malcontent, Claud Woodring became a fearless infantryman who had the unenviable job of leading the way ashore for troops on D-Day. Woodring's vivid descriptions of the horrors on the beach that day are a prelude to his account of chasing the retreating Germany army through France. By night, the enemy would fall back, and during the day, the Allies would catch up, engaging them in battle every day in mid-afternoon.